This blog has nothing to do with gorillas (though I love 'em)...fellow bloggers have inspired me to share vintage images of Disneyland from my personal collection. But don't be surprised if you see something from a World's Fair, Knott's Berry Farm, or someplace else that is cool!

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Good old Jungleland USA (in the friendly town of Thousand Oaks, CA) is just a memory now, but I am happy to have visited this humble animal park when I was a tadpole.

Sure, you can fill your park with bloodthirsty lions and tigers, or playful, intelligent elephants, and even a giraffe or two. But what do people really want? Goats. Not even cyber-goat - - just plain old goats. Awwww, I have to admit that they are kind of cute (in spite of their freaky eyes).

Of course those goats aren't friendly for no reason; they are hoping that you have dropped a nickel in one of the nearby goat-chow dispensers. There is nothing more delicious than goat chow! Except maybe stewed goat.

There's one of the dispensers now. One handful for the goats, one for me. Dad needs a smoke after all of that Fun With Ungulates. "Dad, can we keep him? I'll call him "Goaty", and I'll brush him and feed him every day".

7 comments:

K. Martinez, I don't think I've ever had goat, but I when I was in Egypt (when I was a student) I ate something that I was told was camel. I think the waiter was trying to be funny, but you never know.

Purina used to make a "Goat Chow", part of their full line of animal feeds "Purina ____ Chow". I remember neighbors having it in bags for their animals. Also available back in the day, Calf Chow, Pig Chow, Monkey Chow.

JG, I have seen some of those other Purina chow products, and always kind of wanted a bag of monkey chow just because. I know, I'm weird. Goats are used around here to remove foliage from hillsides that might pose a fire hazard, and they do a great job!

Chuck, I am guessing that goat is not the scariest thing you've tried in your travels! Monkey chow is good for mixing with yogurt chips and nuts to make granola.

Melissa, that fence is an example of "dazzle camouflage"… it is actually a WW1 battleship.

Major, many years ago, I saw the Monkey Chow on a behind the scenes tour of the San Diego Zoo, so I know it existed. but that was many moons ago.

Google searches now imply that it is no longer made. Not sure why. Lamb, Sheep and Deer appear still available, but no more Mink chow. A sack of monkey would be a real souvenir. Seems to have been replaced with Primate Diet, which just doesn't have the same ring.

Yes, goats are also used up here to graze fire hazard hillsides. They're good at trapeze acts like that. They are gregarious little guys, but I still avoid them.